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1st Meeting, 17th Session of the Expert Group…

1st Meeting, 17th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management

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Opening Session ; Operationalizing UNFC across all its provisions under the Critical Raw Materials Act ; National, Regional, and International Alignment of UNFC
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10:00 - 10:30: Opening Session

Opening Plenary – Advancing sustainability, equity and resilience in global resource governance
  • Introduction - Charlotte Griffiths, Secretary, Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM)
  • Adoption of agenda (ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2026/1), Karen Hanghøj, Chair, Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) 
  • Opening Remarks - Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECE
10:30 - 11:20: Seminar Opening
Moderator: Karen Hanghøj

Keynote and Scene-Setting Addresses
  • Agenda item 3: Seminar and Workshops: Sanja Božinovska, Minister of Energy, Mining and Mineral resources, Republic of North Macedonia 
  • Sven Renner, Manager, EGPS Multi-Donor Trust Fund, World Bank
  • Terence Ortslan, TSO  Research - Mines, Metals and Fertilizers  Resource Strategies and Policies/The Next Generation Canada
  • Nuno Rodrigues, Chief Commercial Officer & Head of Development LusoResources (video recording)  
11:00 - 13:00: Session 1: Operationalizing UNFC across all its provisions under the  Critical Raw Materials Act
Moderator: Karen Hanghøj 

Supporting the Full Implementation of CRMA's Measures through UNFC
  • Implementation of CRMA's measures through UNFC – Milan Grohol, Policy Officer, Energy Intensive Industries and Raw Materials, DG GROW, European Commission
  • Supporting the implementation of CRMA's measures through UNFC – Erika Ingvald, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECE
  • Reporting on CRM Projects in UNFC for Monitoring and Risk Mitigation – Ghadi Sabra, Independent Expert, EGRM
  • UNFC for National Exploration Programmes' Results – Slavko Solar, Raw Materials Adviser, Geological Survey of Slovenia and ICE-SRM EU 
UNFC and Circularity Measures
  • Recycling Projects and Extractive Waste in CRMA – Ulrich Kral, Co-Chair, EGRM Anthropogenic Resources Working Group and Environment Agency Austria
  • Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials (FutuRaM) – Soraya HeussAßbichler, Professor, University of Munich (LMU)
  • UNFC Application to Mining Wastes – Ronald Arvidsson, Senior Geophysicist, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU)
  • Best Practices for Assessing the Raw Material Potential of Extractive Waste – Janne Hokka, Senior Specialist, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
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